Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-08-13

first place. / searched and took every precaution
| didn't think of such thing till saw her stand
ing there turning more eoors than the lady in tht
''You don't say that you really have accused
! herr"
"well, what If have? must lose my diamond
| that my dear grandfather gave me when was
married, and that treasured so, and endure It all
In silence for fear some little hussys feelings viii
be hurt: My feelings are OF no consequence at all
| II isn't to be reckoned to my account that was
ready TO give her the diamond-and love dia-
monds. don't think there's anything so beautiful
IN the whole world There's no other one thing
that holds so much In so little; don't mean money
or money value. 1t is the concrete essence OF sun
shine-really, materially. Once that identical
nothing but flood or sunshine married to the wet
air as it reached one spot OF the EARTH and won
derIul tree sprung from that marriage and flour.
! lshed and lowered and fell, great strong marvel
| OF growth that belongs to those past cons when
the earth itself was but halr crystallized OF its
gases and that grows now nowhere. For they
can't find any substance now that can quite pro-
| duce IL. And that made my diamond-by slow
concentration or else even If 1T is not that it is
the very compression OF that ancient atmosphere,
almost all carbon, which hung over the earth In
that first OF chaos. And, at any rate 1t is
or the pureSt physical perfection known to-day,
and OF the simplest chemical composition. So?n
my love, how much you know! You take my
breath away. IL seems to me wickeder to have
stolen your diamond than TO steal the Kohl.
MORT"
at is. The Bible says So Nathan talked to
King David about the eve lamb. And that was
all the diamond had 1t would seem so to you.
really, II your head clerk had stolen it. or anybody
had stolen IL but this pretty Mildred"
BUT, janet you are always positive"
How can you say so! What am Lever posi-
tive about? You wouldn't have me distrust the
evidences OF my senses? And If ever saw guilt
on any face"
Ih 81 is nothing more faiOle than the evil
- peg Your pardon. can see as far, and hear
as quickly, and taste as keenly as any one alive
ana Ior you To begin to run down my eyes now
perhaps they re not so bright as they have been
VS,If
growing Oid-in this way all OF a sudden trying
hard 10 swallow her sobs)-" because you're In.
teiesteuIln-in my servant-mald-"
For heaven sake, Janet think what you're
saying,"
81 do think what am saying" she cried then,
In fury; "and say, whatever the evidence OF
my senses may be, have every evidence that you
care nothing whatever for my feelings and can
see Inc robbed without lifting your voice, and
ahu-oh, husband ought 10 love his wife, and
protect her, and take her part" And here Mrs
Janet rose hurridly and pushed over her chair and
was rushing from the room
But Mr.. Torrance was not TO be OutdOne by any
such SielSht OF foot. and had caught her in his
arms nelore she reached the door. land do you
thlhk, he exclaimed, THAT don't love YOU YOU
abOmtnable little mass of cOntradictions9 DO Won
suppose won't protect you with my life itself?
Do you fancy for moment that won't take your
part wnen you decide what your part iS?"
Let me go! let me 60, sir" she exclaimed; 'Or
else, at any rate, let me find my handkerchief"
And she struggled for her handkerchief, that the
Kisses her husband gave her might not be TOO salt
anu palnhS IL from her pocket, something In a
great arc and stream of lustre whirled out with
the violently wrenched handkerchief, sailed
through the air like nothing so much as a flying
1t was the lost diamond
Mrs: Torrance stopped in the midst OF her tears
oiush1ng, dtsheveleG, acknowledgement herself as
pretty sight as rOsebuSh In a shower, and held
Dack ner skirts with both hands While she looked
at the SHINING eye there before her On the Carpet
1.-The horrid thing!" she said; "the hOrrid unwink-
Ing, accusing thing! II Is calling me all sorts of
names 1 shau never want to see IL again. only
tnlnk, had denounced that poor girl! Pm so
glad never breaIhed or 1t to her. Irememher /
had on this very gown when Mrs. veasey was in
How stupid of me! Now, I'll take this down to
diamond broker to-day, and Mildred's Mabel shall
nave ner 200 worth OF lessons. dare say she'll
sing at our parties by-and-by. She'll be our par.
ticuIar prima donna, aud by that time shall have
improved Mildred into a companion. Oh / think
you would despise such ridiculous, wicked little
Wlle as ann! she cried, turning to her husband;
''you ought 30 have marrieda saint. What good
man you are, Archy!"
my DEAR" said Mr.. Archy, "life with any other
woman Who didn't arrange these little circuses
for my morning entertainment would be too stale,
nat, and Improbable to endure. / should run
away iron the saint and take TO the flying trapeZe
and you-"-Hu171et Prescott SpoUord, in Harper,s
Bazdr.